Punta rock, or Belizean punta, is a form of Garifuna music originating in

Belize Belize is a country on the north-eastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatemala to the west and south. It also shares a maritime boundary with Honduras to the southeast. P ...

and created by

Pen Cayetano Delvin "Pen" Cayetano (born 1954) is a Belizean artist and musician. Early life and career Cayetano was born in 1954 in Dangriga Town, Stann Creek District, Belize. Cayetano is self-taught in the art of painting and music and claims his infl ...

. Songs are usually sung in Belizean Kriol or Garifuna and rarely in Spanish or English. Many Garifuna American artists and bands perform the genre as well.

Origins

Punta rock is a subgenre of punta that was created by

in Belize in 1978.What is Punta?
/ref> Punta is a style of traditional music and dance that developed among the Garifuna people of Saint Vincent,

Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, ...

, Belize,

Guatemala Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically b ...

, and

Nicaragua Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the geographically largest Sovereign state, country in Central America, comprising . With a population of 7,142,529 as of 2024, it is the third-most populous country in Central America aft ...

Notable artists

Belizean *

* Andy Palacio * Paul Nabor Honduran * Aurelio Martínez * Banda Blanca

References

{{reflist Garifuna music Music of Belize